Jaguars 24, Colts 0
Q. What did you do to kind of work on the accuracy issues you might have had last week, and Doug said it was more or less the coaches put you guys in position to make plays a little bit better than maybe last week.
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, I think it's both. When you look at it, obviously we all have our part. It's the ultimate team game, coaches included. You look at everything, and we all could have played better last week for sure. Coaches could have coached better. We're all in it together. I think when you look at that, our coaches did a good job of being honest with us, things we could do better, but also things they could do better. We had a really good week of prep, felt confident about it, and I think they put us in good positions all game. We just controlled the game.
Like I said after the game, it's kind of an ideal way to play it, you have the time of possession like we did, long drives, you hold the ball for a while, you're ending with touchdowns besides the one field goal. Then our defense comes out there and just stopped everything, especially at the end of the game when we're trying to run some clock off and they're getting the ball back pretty quick and defense was just stunning them. It was awesome. It was a lot of fun.
Q. You were 25 for 30 today, I think. A lot of stuff underneath, intermediate. Was there a reason that you weren't taking more shots downfield? Were you just taking what the defense gave you? Was that the game plan?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, definitely, it was our plan. Just the way -- the defense they run, the structure, they try to take away shots. They play soft. They'll give you things underneath. They just make you be patient for the whole game.
A lot of teams get impatient, try to start forcing throws downfield, and really we did a good job of sticking to our plan. That was what we planned on doing and we executed it really well. The guys did a great job after the catch. Christian was awesome, and some of the other guys, too. Evan had some great plays.
So really that was the plan, and it's cool being able to just execute the plan that you have all week and to do it to a tee, so it was great.
Q. Were you and your teammates aware that the Colts have not won here since 2014 and that your last shut-out was against them in 2018?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: The second part, no, I didn't know. But yeah, I mean, I think everybody knows about them not winning here in a while. For us it's just trying to keep that streak going, which we extended it to another year, to next year. We've still got a lot of division games left. We've still got a full season ahead of us. That's that 24-hour rule we talked about after the game. Let's enjoy it tonight, because this is a big on. It's a division win, really played well, dominated the game. We should celebrate, but when we come in tomorrow, we've got to flip the script and get ready to roll.
Q. After every game you kind of know how you played. You don't necessarily have to watch film to know inside how you played. Did you feel like today you were about as on point as you could be in terms of where you went with the ball and ball placement in terms of giving your guys a chance to get the axe?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, I'm happy with the way I played. I think I left a couple plays out there, but honestly, for the most part, I think I maximized what was in front of me. Our guys did, as well. The O-line did a great job of protection. We did a nice job, I think Coach and Press, with the play calling, just mixing it up, keeping them on their heels. Like I said, everything works together, but I'm happy with how I played. It was an efficient day. That was the plan, and that's the most satisfying thing is when you have the plan and you know this is going to work if you can execute it for four quarters, and we did it and got out of here with a win, and it was awesome.
Q. How difficult is it, and Christian echoed this in the locker room, when you have to play within the offense? He said he wants to have a 40-yard touchdown pass and you want to probably throw it, but how difficult is that to say, all right, that's what we want to do, but this is what the situation is, and we have to play within the offense?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: You know, I just think that we were really prepared to do what we did today, just be patient, and that was what was preached to us all week, so I think that made it easier.
But yeah, sometimes it's hard to be patient. But that's what they want. They want you to get impatient and start forcing the ball downfield. They want you to just try to do too much and not take what's right there in front of you. We didn't do that today, so that was awesome.
Q. What would you say to the folks who during the off-season were saying Christian Kirk is getting too much money from the Jacksonville Jaguars?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Two games in, and it's been great so far. I don't really care about that stuff. I know he doesn't, either. We've talked about just blocking all that out.
At the end of the day, I said it after the game, the group we've got, we're confident we can beat anybody we play, and no matter whether we prepare the right way and we execute it, that's another story, but we've got the talent, so I'm not worried. He's awesome. From a quarterback's perspective, the way he plays, the way he sees the game, the way he gets open, just everything. He has a great feel, so it's been great, that relationship, and just keep building that with all the guys. We've got a great group.
Q. When this stuff works, how fun is the design of some of the things you guys are doing, the 4th down play down near the goal line and probably several other examples?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: It's awesome. Just like I said, when you have a plan, you have a scheme and you're planning on seeing this look and this is why you're doing it a certain way and it works out, that's the best part I'm sure for the coaches but also for us players. It's this is how you practiced it, this is the look you think you're going to get, you get it, you execute, you make the play. It was awesome, especially in those big moments; we had a couple 4th downs, just a bunch of drives we kept alive and marched it down the field. It was great.
Q. You've been going uphill in your career so far. You're at .500 for the first time. Does it feel like a good place to be and then maybe try to build off that?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, I mean, that's all you can do is just take it week by week. We talked about it early in the week last week, really felt like we should have had that one, but you've got to move on. The same thing Monday; you've got to flip the page and you've got to move on to the next weekend. We did a great job of that. I thought we prepared really well.
Same challenge this week after a win and playing really well all around, offense, defense, special teams, but you've got to, all right, now it's time to prepare for the Chargers that we've got to go play.
That's the challenge, and you've got to do it every week, and I think we've got the guys to do it.
Q. Building on that same ilk, this time last year obviously struggles compared to this year, but now you've got a lot more going on. You're using the term "maximize" for your performance in the past game. How much more excitement do you feel getting prepared going into the Charger game? I know there's still the 24-hour rule going on, but how much more excitement is it to get back out there and prepare?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: I mean, you're excited every week. Obviously a little bit for different reasons. When you lose a game you're ready to get back and let's go get the next one. When you win a game, let's keep this momentum. I think that's a big thing in this league is you have to forget the game, but you also use that momentum, let it carry you throughout the season, build some confidence, and I think it has with this crew, and we have a lot of confidence already, but now to put that together and go dominate a game and show it on the field, I think that's huge for us, so just carry that into this week.
Q. Can you talk about the match-up problem that Christian kind of creates, especially when you put him in the backfield, motion him out and stuff like that?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, his versatility, being able to put him outside, inside, in the backfield, wherever you want him, and then mixed with all the other threats that we have, the guys at running back, the other wide outs, our tight ends. It just creates problems for defenses.
As much as we can keep using that to our advantage, we will, and I think we've done a good job of that so far. You saw a lot of those, we should have had last week, we didn't execute quite right, but those hit today. So being able to just, like I said, carry that and keep the execution level like it was today, and we should be fine.
Q. You talked before, I guess, about how he prepares and how he's good for the other receivers. What's one thing about his preparation or anything that maybe stands out for you?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: I mean, there's a lot of things. He's very professional the way he approaches the game, the conversations we have. He sees things really well. After a play, might -- whatever the concept was, I'm getting all that, but he'll see something and come to me and ask what I saw, and it's just constant conversation. I think that's the biggest thing between a quarterback and a receiver is just having that dialogue all the time, whether that's in practice, in a game, both. He does a great job of that, and our other guys do, too.
During practice we always go after, and if something wasn't right that day, we go fix it and make sure we're on the same page. I think seeing some of that stuff start to pay off and click.
Q. Second year, second staff. Obviously every coordinator is going to want to put you in a position to be successful, but this early on to go out, have a performance like this where it does work to a tee and you talk about that level of execution, what does that do for your relationship between you, coordinator, the head coach, everything involved?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: I think it just confirms what we're doing here, what we're building. The people we have, coaches and players included. I think that's really it. That confirms that we're on the right track. We're where we want to be. Like I said, you've just got to take it week by week and keep getting better. If we win this game and go and lay an egg the rest of the season, it really doesn't matter. We've got to keep getting better, and I'm confident we will, but it really does just confirm what we're doing. I've got a lot of faith in the coaches and our players and just proud of, like I said, the way we executed, and it's fun when it comes together, and it was awesome.
Q. The touchdown pass to Christian, was it exactly like the play last week to J-Rob?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: The second one you're talking about? Yeah, similar. A little different. I mean, it's a little different -- you guys can go back and watch them and look at the difference in them.
Q. Not the same language in the call?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, not the same place. Like I said, same thing. Coach is doing a great job of knowing the situation, getting us in the right play, surprising the defense. I think they did a great job.
Q. As a follow-up, I know nothing is more important than getting the W no matter how you get it, but when you have this upcoming match-up with a guy like Justin Herbert, do match-ups like that stoke you? Does it provide any extra motivation at all, or is it just another opponent who happens to have a great quarterback?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, it doesn't really change anything for me. At the end of the day we're there to win the game. I'm not playing against him necessarily, he's not playing defense, so I've got to study what they're doing on the other side of the ball.
It's always a fun match-up, though, when you have two young quarterbacks, and he's obviously playing great and he's a great player and I have a lot of respect for him. It's going to be a fun match-up, but no, it doesn't really add anything to me. It's still a game we're trying to win.
Q. I don't think we've actually asked you this specifically. When it comes to Doug's aggressiveness on 4th downs, what do you make of it? What do you think of how aggressive he is?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: I love it. I love it. It's awesome. I think it just builds confidence in the whole team when he's willing -- we're on the -- what was it today, we're on the 50 and have a 4th and 2 and early in the game he's willing to go for it. It just shows, one, he trusts our offense; two, he trusts our defense. If for some reason we don't get it, he trusts our defense to hold up.
I think all the way around, that's the mindset is no, you're not going to go for every 4th down, but we're not scared to go for it. We know we've got the players to do it, and just being aggressive and instilling that confidence in the whole team.
Q. Were you surprised a couple of the times that he has gone for it through two games?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Not really. I mean, that's stuff we've talked about through OTAs, through camp. Every situation is different, but you never know really what he's going to do. Just depending on the situation.
But I think most of the time I have a pretty good idea. I'm standing on the field kind of keeping all the guys right there and sometimes he'll call us off, but we did a good job executing today. I think we were 2 for 3. The last one was kind of like a four-minute one so doesn't really count, but that's fine.
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